I have created a demo making use of aria-flowto: and aria-label=Description
with group=role to give an idea of how it may work if an identifying role
is added. It primarily demonstrates the utility of aria-flowto in providing
a bi-directional relationship between 2 objects in the DOM.
http://s.codepen.io/stevef/debug/PPXZWY
code view: http://codepen.io/stevef/pen/PPXZWY
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SteveF
Current Standards Work @W3C
<http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
On 12 November 2015 at 15:05, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> Preponderance of opinion on the Dpub-ARIA call is for a main role, as it
> should be generally available, not just in epubs.
>
> Expect a conversation about this on today's ARIA call starting at 12:30
> Boston (17:30 UTC).
>
> Janina
>
> Shane McCarron writes:
> > Sure. A "main" role or a "doc-" role? Since this is (actually) a
> > mainstream problem, a "main" role seems more sensible to me. That and a
> > technique for guidance and call it a day?
> >
> > On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Steve Faulkner <
> faulkner.steve@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > On 12 November 2015 at 11:48, Janina Sajka <janina@rednote.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >> It was proposed (during PF this week) that a simple ARIA role could
> > >> trigger notification for AT users, and could trigger CSS to show the
> non
> > >> AT user that a description is available.
> > >>
> > >
> > > sounds reasonable
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > SteveF
> > > Current Standards Work @W3C
> > > <
> http://www.paciellogroup.com/blog/2015/03/current-standards-work-at-w3c/>
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Shane McCarron
> > Managing Director, Applied Testing and Technology, Inc.
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